Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

J. B. JOHNSON.

CLOTHES DRIER.

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JOHN B. JOHNSON, OF SALEM, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,281, dated August 21, 1888.

Application filed February 2, 1888. Serial No. 262,788. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, J OIIN B. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Briers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thercon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to clothes-driers which a can be readily taken apart and stored away in a small space when not required, and which can be set up quickly when desired for use.

The object of the invention is the construction of a device for the purposes just mentioned which will be capable of receiving a great number of clothes to be dried compared with its size, and which will be simple in construction, compact in arrangement, and susceptible of being conveniently handled by a woman or child.

The improvements consist of the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a clothesdrier of my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the truss-stand on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, a sectional detail view of the trussstand and the lower portion of one side of the frame on the line X X of Fig. 1.

The frame is composed of two corresponding end sections and side tie or brace bars,A. The end sections are constructed alike, and each is composed of posts 13, upper and lower cross-bars, U and O, and the braces D, fitted in the angles between bars (J and posts B. The tie or brace bars A are of equal length and have mortises a near their ends, which receive and fit over the cross-bars of the end sections. These tie or brace bars A, (four in number,) are arranged as follows: Two near the upper corners of the end sections and two at the ends of the cross-bars G, forming with the said end sections a frame-work composed of corner-posts, upper and lower end bars, and upper and lower side bars. hen erecting or setting up the frame, it is necessary that one of the end sections be supported, and to this end the truss stand composed of the opiiosiiely inclined legs E and the tie-bars c and. c has been devised. The upper ends of legs E are sufficiently separated to embrace the sides of post B and the cross-bar e sufficiently high to lit snugly beneath the crossbar O. The lower crossbar, e, is apertured at 6 and receives a pin, 6, extending laterally from the post B. WVhen the frame is set up, the trussstands may be removed at option, or one end section may be supported by them solely and used for drying a few pieces.

The lines F, stretched between the end sec tions, are about equal length, and may be provided at their ends with hooksf or loopsf. lVhen provided with loops, the latter are placed over hooks g, secured to the sides of the crossbars of the end sections, and when the lines have hooks they aresupportcd by slipping the ends of the hooks over bars G, parallel with and held to the cross-bars of the end sections by eyebolts or staples y. This latter construction is preferred, as the lines can readily be adjusted any desired distance apart by slipping the hooks along on the bars, or by removing the lines and readjusting them.

The upper and lower cross-bars, O and C, have lines stretched between them, the upper lines receiving the long picces and the lower lines the short pieces. he lower side bar is left off when adjusting the lines and hanging the clothes thereon, but is replaced when the lines are full or all the pieces are out. Vhen storing or packing the drier, the lines are folded or rolled up into a ball, and the end sections are placed one upon the other and the side bars and trussstands upon the end sections,thusmakingacompactpackage,which can be placed against the wall in any convenient position out of the way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The herein shown and described clothesdrier, composed of the end sections having posts and upper and lower cross-bars, and having brace-bars D, the upper and the lower side bars having their ends fitted to the upper and the lower crossbars, the line-supporting rods secured to the crossbars, the lines extending from one end section to the other and having hooks at their ends, which are adapted to catch over and slide on the said rods, and the trnssstands composed of the two oppositely-inclined legs E and the upper and the lower crossbars, the upper cross-bar, 6, coming under the end cross-bar, O, and the lower crossbar, e, resting against the end of the post B and held thereto by an interlocking-pin,

substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the end section having a post and cross-bar, of the truss-stand composed of two oppositely-inclined legs, the upper ends of the legs being separated and 

